Improvement in plows



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ARTHUR G. SMITH, OF JOYNERSIDEPOT, NORTH CAROLINA;

Letters Patent No. 110,506, dated December 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLOWS- v The schedule referred m m' these Leners Pacon: and mamng part ot :he am.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that I, ARTHUR C. SMITH, of J oyners Depot, in the county of Wilson and State of North Carolina, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Plows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference' being had to the accompanying drawing ln'ming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a. rear perspective view ot' my plow.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectionA of the same.

Figure v3 is a detail view ol'a portion ot' the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

' My invention has foi-its object to improve the construction of turn-plows to better adapt them for ruuning the first furrows, in breaking up the land, and

i forming the ridges in preparing the lland for planting cotton; and

It consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the plo\v,.as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the plow-beam, to the opposite sides of the rear end of whichare attached the handles B.

The lower ends of the handles B are bolted to the inner side ot' the rear end ofthe land-side O.

Upon the inner side of theforward end of the land- Side G is formed a Hnge, c', through which pass the bolts that secure the said forward end ot' the said land-side to the rea-r side of the standard D, and moldboard El E, either or both.

D is the standard, upon the upper end of which is formed a tenon, which passes through the beam A, and is secured by a wedge, key, or pin.

The upper part of the staudardD is made broad in the direction of the length of the beam A, to form a shoulder upon the upper endeof the said standard to rest against the under side of the said beam to strengthen the standard against the draft-strain.

The standard D and mold-bbard Itl E2 may be made in one piece or separately, as'may be desired.

The mold-board El E is made in tivo pieces, the line of division running from a point in the lower edge of the mold-board, four inches, more or less, according to size ot' plow, l'rom the outer point of the cutting- .edge of the base of the-plow toapointupon the upper edge of the mold-board, four inches, more or less, according to size of plow, from the standard D.

Upon the inner sides of the two parts of the moldhourd E E, near their adjacent edges, are formed lugs or ears which overlap each other, so that the said two parts may be hinged to each other by a bolt or rod passing through the said lugs, and detachably secured in place by a nut 0r other convenient fastening.

This construction enables the outer or hinged part E2 of the mold-board t0 be conveniently detached 0r swung back, when required, so that in running the first t'nrrows in breaking up the land the whole of the land lnay be broken up without raising the ridge in the middle much.

l The hinged part' IE.2 ofthe mold-board is supported against the inward pressure of the soil, being turned by the brace F, which is made triangular in its'general form.

Upon the ends of the brace E are formed pivots, which enter sockets attached to the handles B, and formed in or attached .to the mold-board El Ez and standard D, either or both, so that the brace may be turned down to support the said hinged part E2 of the mold-board E E", as shown in. full lines in tig. 2,

yor turned up out of the'way, as shown in dotted lilies in fig. 2.

The free end of the brace F, when turned down into working position, rests upon a. stop formed upon or. attached to the said hinged part E5 of the said moldboard. i

The brace F may have a piu attached to or formed upon the lower side of its free end to enter a hole in the supporting-stop to keep the end of the said brace in place upon the said stop.

Having thus described" my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The hinged part E2 of the mold-board El E and pivoter] brace F, in combination with each other, with the vstationary part El of the said mold-board El E2, and with the frame-work of the plow, substantially as ieren shown and described, and for the purpose set ortll.

Witnesses: ARTHUR C. SMITH.

W. S. PARKER, R. S. WELLS. 

